“We need to move West Virginia down the right path to an economically prosperous future,” Walters said in his campaign announcement statement. “I will make a difference in the fight against higher taxes and over-burdensome regulation. In addition, I know this district intimately, having grown up in the Charleston area with deep family roots in the Eastern Panhandle.”

Walters joins several candidates seeking to succeed Capito, who is running for Senate in 2014. Additionally, Raines told a local radio program that she was considering a run and a decision is imminent.

“I would say there’s a strong chance I’m going to get in, and that’s simply because of the support that people have committed, if I do choose to get in,” she told West Virginia Metro News on Tuesday. She also discussed her interest on Facebook.

They would join an already growing field of Republicans who have either filed their candidacy or are considering running:

Ex-U.S. International Trade Commissioner Charlotte Lane began building her campaign in early July and is positioned as the establishment favorite in the GOP primary.